- Date
- June 6, 1996, 16:04 local (21:04 UTC)
- Place
- Crestview, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5464BCessna 182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 16, 1996
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19960606012929A
- Case key
- 38026
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot-in-command to maintain the proper descent rate on landing resulting in separation of the nose landing gear after touchdown. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's lack of experience in the type of operation.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot stated that he elected to land to the south on the 1,600-foot grass runway due to the prevailing winds at the departure airport and he had never landed at the airstrip before. He entered the pattern to land and with full flaps extended, the airplane touched down hard on the nose landing gear, bounced, then touched down and nosed over. Examination of the runway revealed a 1 1/2 inch deep ground scar made by the nose landing gear about 120 feet from the approach end of the runway. The separated nose landing gear was located about 250 feet from the approach end of the runway. The pilot further stated that he has no experience flying into short runways.
Factual narrative
On June 6, 1996, about 1604 central daylight time, a Cessna 182, N5464B, registered to Just Say "Skydive", Inc., was substantially damaged on landing at a private airstrip named the Triple B Stolport, located about 3 miles east of Crestview, Florida. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed for the 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight. The commercial-rated pilot was not injured and the pilot-rated passenger sustained minor injuries. The flight originated about 4 minutes earlier from the Bob Sikes Airport, Crestview, Florida.
The pilot stated that he elected to land on runway 18 due to the prevailing winds at the departure airport. The flight entered the traffic pattern to land on the 1,600-foot grass runway with 40-foot-tall trees at the approach end of the runway. While on final approach with full flaps extended the airplane landed "firm" then bounced. The airplane was then landed in a nose high attitude and nosed over coming to rest with the nose landing gear separated. The pilot further stated that he had not landed at the airstrip before and has no experience flying into short runways.
Examination of the runway revealed a ground scar about 1 1/2 inches deep made from the nose landing gear located about 120 feet from the approach end of the runway. The nose landing gear was located about 250 feet from the approach end of the runway and a ground scar made from the nose section of the airplane started about 432 feet from the approach end of the runway and continued for 18 feet where the airplane came to rest.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5464B
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 33464
- Airframe hours
- 9,386
- Engine
- Continental O-470-M/L, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Just Say Skydive, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 18, 1996 · 86 hours before
- Departed
- CEW
- Destination
- 32J
- Airport
- 32J · Triple B, runway 18, 1,600 × 100 ft, grass/turf
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 33
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,197 total · 430 in this make and model · 1,102 as pilot in command · 117 in the last 90 days · 70 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CEW, 3 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N5464B · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.